Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction, software development, and data analysis of the FinOps team while mentoring software and cloud engineers.
- Monitor AWS and other technology vendors, including Unity, Splunk, Datadog, and JetBrains, to identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Design and implement FinOps tooling using data pipelines, APIs, cron jobs, Slack bots, UIs, SQL, NoSQL, and Tableau.
- Support Product Management with prioritization based on organizational impact, estimated cost reduction, and effort.
- Help Data Analysts design SQL tables and use Tableau for accurate analysis.
- Coordinate cost optimization and cost transparency initiatives across enterprise teams.
- Partner with engineering, finance, and business teams to answer FinOps questions and drive data-informed decisions.
- Advise internal stakeholders on cloud cost optimization, architecture decisions, and best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Engineering, or another quantitative field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience serving as a technical leader in an enterprise collaborating with 50 or more teams.
- Experience collaborating with customers across multiple enterprise teams and organizational levels.
- Experience mentoring other engineers and leading projects from the ground up.
- At least 8 years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure.
- At least 8 years of hands-on software programming experience, preferably with Python.
- Hands-on experience with SQL tables, SQL queries, APIs, UIs, and data pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code and continuous integration testing.
- Strong collaborative approach.
- Previous FinOps practices or cost-management analysis experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Toronto base pay is listed at CAD 156,140–206,140 per year, excluding compensation figures from benefits classification.
- Potential bonus and equity awards, plus eligibility for a 401(k) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage.
- Fourteen paid holidays, 15–25 days of paid vacation or eligibility for discretionary time off, and up to 10 paid sick days per year.
- Paid parental and compassionate leave, mental-health and wellness programs, family-planning support through Maven, commuter benefits, and fitness-expense reimbursements.
- Regular full-time employment; the posting states that the position is for an existing vacancy.
About Zynga
Zynga was founded in 2007 with the vision that play would become one of the core activities on the Internet. We pioneered social games with the belief that if we could make games simple, accessible and social the world would start playing. We are excited that games have grown to become the second most popular activity by time spent, even surpassing email. But we have a lot of hard work, innovation and growth ahead of us to create a future where social gaming is a daily habit for everyone. Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, the combined diverse portfolio of popular game franchises has been downloaded more than 10 billion times on mobile, including Color Block Jam, CSR2™, Empires & Puzzles™, Game of Thrones: Legends™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Golf Rival™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Hit it Rich! Casino™, Match Factory!™, Merge Dragons!™, Toon Blast™, Toy Blast™, Wizard of Oz Slots Casino™, Words With Friends™, and Zynga Poker™. Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.zynga.com or follow Zynga on X, Instagram, Facebook, or the Zynga blog